Lattice Dislocations Enhancing Thermoelectric PbTe in Addition to Band Convergence

Chen, Zhiwei; Jian, Zhengzhong; Li, Wen; Chang, Yunjie; Ge, Binghui; Hanus, Riley; Yang, Jiong; Chen, Yue; Huang, Mingxin; Snyder, Gerald Jeffrey; Pei, Yanzhong

doi:10.1002/adma.201606768

Title: Lattice Dislocations Enhancing Thermoelectric PbTe in Addition to Band Convergence

Journal Article · Tue Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201606768· OSTI ID:1470458

Chen, Zhiwei ^[1]; Jian, Zhengzhong ^[1]; Li, Wen ^[1]; Chang, Yunjie ^[2]; Ge, Binghui ^[2]; Hanus, Riley ^[3]; Yang, Jiong ^[4]; Chen, Yue ^[5]; Huang, Mingxin ^[5]; Snyder, Gerald Jeffrey ^[3]; Pei, Yanzhong ^[1]

Tongji Univ., Shanghai (China). Key Lab. of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Beijing National Lab. for Condensed Matter Physics, Inst. of Physics
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Shanghai Univ., Shanghai (China). Materials Genome Inst.
Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Phonon scattering by nanostructures and point defects has become the primary strategy for minimizing the lattice thermal conductivity (κ_L) in thermoelectric materials. However, these scatterers are only effective at the extremes of the phonon spectrum. Recently, it has been demonstrated that dislocations are effective at scattering the remaining mid-frequency phonons as well. In this work, by varying the concentration of Na in Pb_0.97Eu_0.03Te, it has been determined that the dominant microstructural features are point defects, lattice dislocations, and nanostructure interfaces. This study reveals that dense lattice dislocations (≈4 × 10¹² cm^-2) are particularly effective at reducing κ_L. When the dislocation concentration is maximized, one of the lowest κ_L values reported for PbTe is achieved. Furthermore, due to the band convergence of the alloyed 3% mol. EuTe the electronic performance is enhanced, and a high thermoelectric figure of merit, zT, of ≈2.2 is achieved. This work not only demonstrates the effectiveness of dense lattice dislocations as a means of lowering κL, but also the importance of engineering both thermal and electronic transport simultaneously when designing high-performance thermoelectrics.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577

OSTI ID:: 1470458

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Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 23; Related Information: S3TEC partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Boston College; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; ISSN 0935-9648

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